Director/Associate Director - Campus Hiring/University Relations - FMCG

Role: Director/Associate Director - Campus Hiring / University Relations (HR)

Reporting Manager: Interim reporting to the CHRO

Team Size: 3-4

Location: Bengaluru (Bellandur)

Role Summary:

The university relations role at Company is extremely rewarding especially at this stage of the organization. The need of the hour is to bring multidisciplinary talent from Indian campuses including management, technology, analytics and more. This talent needs to integrate and thrive in the challenging environment of this upcoming industry which is destined to revolutionize the shopping behavior of India through technology and other innovations tailored to the Indian context.

Job Description:

The University Relations leader will be responsible for establishing Company as the most attractive brand to work for in the top Engineering and Business Schools. S/he will work towards building and enhancing Company brand visibility at the campuses of interest to enable Company in hiring the best early talent.

The role will entail providing strategic guidance, thought leadership, and operational assistance to the UR team to succeed in their individual charters. Working along with the UR Hiring leads and internal stakeholders (i.e HR Business partners, Business leaders, campus ambassadors) the leader will design, implement and execute the hiring, engagement, onboarding, and post onboarding programs for the campus selects. Set clear role responsibilities and goals for the University Relations team members.

Graduate Staffing & Programs :

- Partner across senior leadership and their team of hiring managers, HR business partners/ leaders, and Talent Acquisition to define & deliver to Company identified the need to graduate hiring commitments for full-time and interns across businesses and technology.

- Identify key campuses for Company and develop specific campus strategies in partnership with Company leaders and team members Manage the team that facilitates the processes for on-campus hiring, including creating job descriptions, interviewing and selecting candidates Partner with local managers and Talent Acquisition to meet deadlines for on-campus hiring and candidate selection.

- Manage governance progress to improve campus programs.

- Ideate and innovate next level practices to distinguish the university relations program from FMCG, Consulting and other tech companies.

- Elevate Company intern program, ensuring interns have an exceptional experience.

- Conduct internal benchmarking and stay abreast of industry trends and best practice in this field Improve program through external benchmarking, gathering lessons learned and listening to feedback from stakeholders.

- Track and manage program hiring analytics. Leverage business analysis skills to derive insights for a long term talent pipeline and talent management strategy. Assist and guide in program governance and leader outputs and readouts Develop programs to support UR hires once they have started their full-time role.

Branding :

- Position Company as an employer of choice at campuses (Management, tech and upcoming fields)

- Build and evangelise the graduate employer brand promise aligned to the employer value proposition.

- Plan Company campus events to build a Company brand on priority campuses

- Build an e-commerce industry on campuses in India (management & tech)

- Build programs to infuse diversity and foster inclusion at Company from the best minds in India and the world.

Qualifications Required :

- Post Graduation / MBA in HR from a reputed institute with 15+years of University Relations experience in a fast paced/high growth company.